The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-19 00:00:00

Established 1837. B RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Vict. cap. 9. Every description of Life Assurance business transacted. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. THE INDEPENDENT FIRE INSURANCE _IL COMPANY (Limited). Capital One Million Stirling, in 40,000 Shares of £25 each. £1 per Share to be paid on application, and £1 10s. per Share on allotment. Calls not exceeding £1 per Share, at intervals of not less than Three Months. DIRECTORS. --- John Downes, Esq. (Messrs. Downes and Scott), Upp er Thames-street , Director of the National Provincial Marine Insurance Company. George Haines, Esq., Merchant, 36, Lombard•street. John Ingledew, Esq , Cambridge House, Lee Park, Kent. William Knight, Et q. (Messrs. William Knight and Co.), 83, Lombard-street. Henry Ledgard, Esq., Kent. George S. Symons, Esq. (Messrs, G. S. Symons and Co.), 20 and 21, St. Dunstan's-hill. John E. Tibbs, Esq. (Messrs. J. E. Tibbs and Son), Threadneedle-street, Director of the Staffordshire Roll ing Stock Company. James Lunham, Esq. (Messrs. James Lunham and Co.), 231, High-street, Borough. iabez Voss, Esq. (Messrs. Voss, Meek, and Co.), Billiter square. Walter Brodie, Esq., 13. Delamere•terrace, Hyde-park, late Member of the House of Representatives, New Zealand. (Inilaential names in Manchester and Liverpool will be immediately added to the Direction.) J3ANXERS—The Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, 79, R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Re-engagement of those celebrated artistes, Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews. -The greatly successful new Comedy every Evening. THIS EVENING, A DAY AFTEit THE WEDDING. Mr. F. Robinson and Miss Hercert. At a quarter before 8, the successful new Comedy, by L. Buckinzham, Esq., entitled Tti E SILVER LINING: Mr. i harles Mathews, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley. Mr. Montague ; Mrs Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. After whioh, COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with UNDER THE ROSE : Mr. Ashley and Ill!ss A. Cottrell. _ Commence at 7. BONN ErS SILKS A LYON.--Every Article of commerce takes its title either from the inventor or manufacturer, and the more perfect the production the grater is the credit which attaches to the originator. _ BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of identifica. Lion in Englaad ; but the fallacy of such an assertion is ex• pod by the very trade mark of the firm, as exhibited by Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street. The following interwoven mark may be seen at the end ofeach piece :—" Manufacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., k Lyon e it Injurieux." Wetr guaranteed. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 265. per ton. I Double 21s. per ton. Top 2.55. „ Nut 5........ 19s. „ Deep 22s. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Azent- raE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, An be had Every Evening of G. It. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, April 19, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock .. 62 Barometer-30.20. Wind—S.W, ; moderate breeze, and very fine. Cornhill, B.C. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Bennett and Stark, 4, Furnival's Inn, Holborn. B ain - Ens—Messrs. Scrutton and Son, 81, Old Broad-street. A UDITORS —Messrs. Cash and Edwards, Public Accountants, 13, Tokenhouse-yard, B.C. G ENERAL AND RESIDENT MANAGER — Mr. Robert Steers , SEC. ' LETARY—Mr. George Drew Hodges. T Empoi :Aay OFFICES-48, Lombard .street. This Company has for its purpose the transaction of the important and rem. mierative business of Fire Insurance, and that only, to the b:xclusion and of other_branches of busi ness not unusually associs, ted with, the same capital. it,The under the same direc tion, and operating on on , ' Directors are satisfied that the scope for the business of fire its dependencies, insurance presented by this coma try and is, as a commercial speculation , doerving of paramount attention ; and, the contract being oneterminable annually, the profits or loss arising determine in likc manner, year by year, and exhibit at once a company's financial position and its resources. While the partial remission of the fire insurance duty now in the contemplation of Government, and applicable only to the insurance of stock-in-trade, will afford a com paratively limited relief from the onerous oppeession, the Directors have resolved to allow upon payment for every policy, and afterwards at each renewal, an immediate draw back, which, in many instances, will amount to a total ex tinction of the entire duty of three shillings per cent. To the public at large, and to the greater proportion of the manufacturing and mercantile community, this arrange ment will prove a highly acceptable advantage. The .draw back allowed by a few of the older offices by way of per centage on premiums, at intervals of years, is of iL't portance only to those who are rated at premiums ranging chisily from one guinea per cent, upwards, and is partici pated in only by those who may have premiums to be re newed at the period of the making of these returns ; whereas by the principle adopted by this Company, the owners of the classes of risk of the more ordinary occurrence, are they who will be the more substantially and at the same time promptly benefi'ed. The concession to be thus made to the public will ca.• tainly be the means not only of increasing in their respec tive amounts insurances now existing, but of multiplying to a very large extent the number of insurance contracts in this country and its colonial connections. The insurable property in this kingdom alone, including its enormous and increasing importations arising from the wise interchange of tariffs, is believed to approximate to £5,000,060,000, whereas £1,300,000,000 only is insured ; thus leaving nearly three-fourths of the insurable amount altogether unprotected from loss. It would be difficult to find any class of investments which has yielded such large profits as the shares of well-con ducted fire offices. The shares of the older offices have in creased in value immensely, being, in one case, at a pre mium of about 1,300, and in another of nearly 2,000 per cent, on the sums originally paid up. The increased value of the shares of offices established within the last 20 years stands at from 80 to 200 per cent. It is under these circumstances, and considering the im.. manse field presented for operations to come, that the direc tors have taken advantage of so favourable an opportunity to offer to the public the benefits of the principle of business now adopted by them; and they have every reason to believe that by its special feature and the public support which that must necessarily invite the undertaking will speedily be productive of the best moneary results. The executive will be entrusted to officers of tried experi ence in the business of fire insurance, and the directors have already matured arrangements for the immediate establish ment of five hundred agencies. The directors desire to give the most unqualified assur ance to the public that nothing of the nature of frivolous objections to prompt and liberal settlement of claims for compensation will ever be entertained or countenanced by them. Forms cf application for shares may be had at the offices of the Company, or of the Brokers, Bankers, or Solicitors. In the event of no allotment being made, the deposit will be returned in full. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Independent Fire Insurance Ccmpany, Limited. Gentlemen,—Having paid to your the sum of £ , being- a deposit of XI rer share on shares in tile above Company, I hereby request that you will allot me that number; and I agree (according* to the form prescribed by the Articles of Association) to accept such shares, or any lees number you may allut me, to pay £1 its. p r share on allotment, and to execute the Articles of Association when reqttired ; an 1 I request that my name may be placed on the Register of shareholder for the shares so allotted. Name in full Residence Profession or business Date J . O a H n N Nd PARRY, R s RY GERMAN N IGH T REED , atEi Eight, h t w ith il‘r L in THE I,H i E . P Y lAMI D. To conclude, last few times, with Mr. JOHN PARRY'S DESCRIPTION of MKS. ROSELEAF'S LITTLE EVENING PARTY. ROYAL GALLERY of ILLU,TRATION, 14, Regent-street. Every Evening , (except Saturday), at Eight. Thursday and Saturday Al ter nop.s at Three. ,il,,' --. SY LEA.—Every Tuesday Morning, at Three, and every Saturday Evening, at Eight. Stalls can new be BeCur ed. fl OYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. Froiri this time until the end of the season there will be four nights in each week, viz., every Monday, Tuesday, Thurs day, and Et atarday. Signor Wachtel—Signor G raziani—Herr Schmid. 'VMS EVENING (TUESDAY), 19th of April, w,ll be performed, for the second time this season, Rossini's grand opera, GUGLIELMO TELL. Matilde, Mdlle. Marie Battu ; Guglielmo Tell, Signor Graziani, his 2d appearance in that character; Jemmy, Madame Rudersdorff ; Mel,thil, Signor Pohmini ; Walter. Herr Schmid; Ge . sler, Signor Tagliafico ; Tin :Pescatore, Signor Neri- caraldi ; and Arnoldo, Signor Waohtel, his 2d appearance in that character in England. Conductor, Mr. Costa. L a Tyrollenne will be danced by Mdlle. Saivioni, Mdlle. Carmine, and Mdlle. Navarre. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre sta Is, 103. ed., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre, 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-office under the portico of the theatre, which is open from ten to five, and at the principal musicsellers' and THEATRE ROYAL DR U R Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and P. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. G, telmore. Alter which, will be produced the G:eand Stage Revival of Shak+pere's Chrsinicle or Historical, Play, entitled the First Part of HENRY THE FOURTH. The east will include impersonations by those emincit .rtists, Mr. PHELPS, Mr. NValter Montgomery, Mr. Waiter Lacy, Mr. A ddiso ~ Mr. Ryder, Mr. Itobert Roxby, Mr. Barrett, Mr. E Phelps, Mr. Rayner, Mr. H. Vandenhoff, Mr. Belmore, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. Neville ; Miss Edith Wynne, 31 sa It( se Leclercq, And Mrs. Edmund Fal coner, supported by all the Members of the Drury-lane ecm luny. Concluding with MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS, lIIHEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET . - Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, April 19, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN': 31essrs. t•othern, Buckstone, Chippendale, Rogers, Clark, Gordon, Braid, &c. ; Mesdames Angel, Lindley, hill, Harrh, Snowden, &c After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Co:mpton, Wm. Farren, Coe, &c. ; Mes dames Louise Keeley, S now d en, Nelly rower, Hill, Wright, Rogers, &c. To conclude with TURNING THE TABLES. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, DONNA DIANA. ,After which, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. ''' P otnioa, by the Brothers Webb. :1:0 conclude with, 22d time, a new Farce, by J. M. Morton, -,;ttlentitlect DRAWING-ROOM. SECOND FLOOR, AND The Two R°YA.I, LYCEUM THEATRE. THlunder the Sole Manageme n t o f Mr. Fechter. 'with '.. r S - ' tr EV ENING, the performances will commence D AY AFTER THE FAIR : crionbe, Garden, Moreland, and Miss K LavenuMessrs. Width- A 'der which, at Eißht o'clock, the 135th Night of BEL - DEMONIO, a Love Sto y, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Ch r renicle ." Principal characters by Messrs. elanarles, J. Broughsm, Emery, Morton, Raymond, Mo Kate Terry, Mis s . Smith, Clifford, ;3ollett, Sims ; Miss E. Layeu, Mrs. Lee, Miss Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is Diade to the occupants of p aces, Boxes, Box- l or Stalls, either gor play bills or for the sate keeping of hat 4 and cloaks, ar.d taat the attendants in all Parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily front 11 to', Commence at 7. ----- -- -- NIPt FECHTER b." to annonnes that the w hole prcfits of the First Night's Hm Represen ta iou oalet will be divided between the N ATIONAL SHAK f Iit'EARE COMMIT I'EE and the DRAIIATIC COLLEGE Mr. FECHTER'S i ndisysition pre- SCHOOLS FUND. 'venting the production of Hamlet on the Evenin R . of he 23d, the LITEU3I THEATRE 117,11 be closed that night. EIV 'THEATRE-RU YAL, ADELPHI.-- - Sole Prooriwtor and Manager, M. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, ICI ON PARLE FRANC AIS : Mr. J. L. Toole, M r. R . Philli ps, M r. Milington, and Miss K. - Kelly. At 8, LE NH : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirlitg, R. Phillips, Billing tun, Stuart, Eburne, Steph ens on ; -Miss . Simms and Mrs, liiilin i gton. To eonclude with T iIE AREA BELLE : Messrs. J. L. ToW. P. Bedford, ft. Romer, Mi ss Woolgar, and Mrs. IL Lewis. e, Commence at 7. MISS BATE MA N.—L E A H.—THIO EVENING and EVE RY E VENING. —Miss Bateman will re-apr ear in her great impersonation of the Jewish ma'den fur ther notice. I n or d er , o g i ve d ue effect t) t ,is most remarkable suc3es4 01 the se ,son, eiii ireT new scenery by the celebrat-d artists Messrs. I , ans:mi and`one, aThompsn. New dr; ss 8 and appo . ntm , ilts have be , n prepkre lor its productior..—N. is. In consequence of the nressing and numerous Applications at the Box-oftle, ar -lngeraents have row been made by which Seats may be ob a Fortnight Advance. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. rnis DA.Y.—Morning, 12h. 27m.—Afternoon, 12h. 58m. ro-hroßnow.-morning, lh. 6m.—Afternoon, .Ih. 26m. = •zo irasi.t.„4 LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1864. Whenever the Government have been pressed very hard by the Opposition, of late, they have yielded. In order to induce them to yield, however, the pres sure has required to be exceedingly hard indeed. So hard that it has been at moments painful merely to contemplate. Very recently, for example, no less than three members'of the Administration—what one at least among those ex-colleagues of Lord PALMERSTON would speak of with a sort of MICAW BER hesitation of ostentatious modesty as—a-hem ! —" Ministers of the Crown," in point of fact—no less than three of these Ministers of the Crown have very recently been driven so hard by the Opposi tion as, very reluctantly on their own part and on the part of their more important colleagues, to be ousted from any share whatever in the Govern ment. There is no getting over the fact that it is so. And, equally, there is no denying the force of the deduction consequent upon its being so—that it is a sign of extreme weakness on the part of the Government. It is all nonsense, at the same time, in regard to any one of these occur rences, to talk, as politicians have been accustomed to talk hitherto, at similar party crises about these things being simply attes tations of the spitefulness of a factious Opposition. Look at any one of the three resignations or office here referred to, and say whet! er anything of the kind can be really and seriously insisted upon as the true explanation. Mr. STANSFELD'S withdrawal to a back bench ' from that front bench where he occupied a position of such disproportionate prominence as to kit actually side by side with the Prime Minister of England Mr. STANSFELD'S with drawal at last very reluctantly to that back bench, was a concession made at the eleventh hour not to the Opposition, but to the Public Opinion which he had been so flagrantly outraging. There can be no question whatever about that. For, otherwise, what upon earth could have induced the Prime Minister, and so chivalrous a Prime Minister too, as Lord PALMERSTON, to accept to-day, the very resignation of his subordinate, he had so peremp torily declined to accept only yesterday ? Had he , not previously intimated, as much, with a hae ..ghty frankness of manner that won cheers from his support3rs—so grandly it sounded at the time when he talked about taking ',,be entire responsi bility of the proceeding ;pen himself! That, it will be remembered, was immediately before the Easter Vacation. A f :Lerwards a few trifling additional Particultrie, documents, and so forth [Ah ! that wrettl'eed truth about litera scripta manet . 1 ] had 'some out during the recess, again, as it oddly hap pened,in one of the imperial law courts in Paris—and so—and so—what was not to be thought of imme diately before the Vacation was announced as having been done immediately after the Vaca tion. Mr. STANSFELD had tendered his resig nation, and Lord PALMERSTON had accepted it. Now, it is only fair and right to remem ber, in regard to the Opposition in this matter-- to remember of the factious Opposition that is charged with the responsibility of .having brought it all about—that bet weea the two incidents referred to, that is to say between Lord PALMERSTON 8 ostentatiously taking upon himself the responsi bility of retaining his colleague (M. Mazzien's in timate friend and injudicious letter-receiver) and Lord PALMERSTON'S subsequently ac ceptance of Mr. STANSFELD'S tardy, but by that time, inevitable resignation—the Opposition had really and truly not raided a finger—the Opposition had not breathed one single syllable. They were evidently going to, if you like. But they hadn't done so—nay, for that matter, they hadn't had the opportunity of doing so. The intervening between the two incidents of the Easter holidays, precluded them from doing so, for the very simple but sufficient reason that Par liament was not then sitting. Directly Parliament was going to resume its sittings, immediately after the Vacation, they evidently were going to move, and that, too, rather decidedly, in the matter, Hence—from a knowledge of this —Mr. STANS FELD'S anticipatory resignation. Hence—for the self same reason—Lord PALMERSTON'S acceptance of it, on second thoughts ! Concessions, these —not to the Opposition, but to that Public Opinion which it was felt certain by Lord PALMERSTON, by Mr. STANSFELD, by every member of the Go vernment, big or little, would infallibly be pro nounced against them as the consequence of any adverse movement in this matter taken by the Opposition, For, what, in point of fact, would have been those certain consequences ? The defeat of Ministers upon any new division (after such very ugly supplementary documents had been brought to light in Paris daring the holidays) the certain defeat of Ministers upon any new di v i s i on i n t h e H ouse of Commons in re gard to M. MAZZINI'S intimate personal friend, must inevitably have led, thereupon, to the dissolution of Parliament. And a nice cry, certainly, it would have been to go to the country upon.—." MAZZ:NI, ME SUN, LOADON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1864. .alias FLOWER, and Secret Letter Writing !" To say nothing at all about—Daggers—Blood Money— Conspiracies—Assassination—and so forth. No— it is simply idle, it is simply absurd and ridiculous to talk about Mr. STANSFELD'S resignation, and Lord PALMERSTON'S acceptance of it, as the result of any mere factiousness on the part of the Opposi tion. The incident was—to express the fact a little more truthfully —a prudent yielding, at last, on the part of the Government, before the terror of that Public Opinion that was felt and known (upon second thoughts) to be at the back of the Opposition. A Tory Opposition, if you will, or, at any rate, a Conservative Opposition, but, at the least, an English Opposition, not a Mazzinian Opposition. And, so in the matter of those two other resig nations, Mr. LOWE'S and Mr. CHICHESTER FOR TECUE'S. These also are concessions extorted from the reluctant Government by exceedingly hard pressure on the part of the Opposition —a pressure, it is true, only partly brought to bear—but threaten. ing to become excessively formidable. The Go■ vernment, in each instance, yielding, under all this hard pressure —not to the Opposition, but to the irresistible force of the Public Opinion that was felt to be at the back of it. Not a more unpopular man held office under the Crown than Mr. LOWE. And the fact of his unpopularity was a thing notorious. Why, for that matter, time has been down in his own borough when he has been neer:) , stoned to death ! He has the knack, somehow, of treading upon people's corns in a manner the most excruciatingly offensive. And hence, they come to like him so very much ! Why, we hesitate not to say that the personal un poptilarity of Mr. LOWE has for a long while past been as prevalent on one side of the house as upon the other—that it is up to this hour as intense and unmistakeable outside the House as in it. His career as an administrator has been one succes sion of defeats. And the defeat he has had at length to endure at the hands of Lord ROBERT CECIL has been such that very shame has at last constrained the unpopular Minister to tender his resignation. That resignation Lord PALMERSTON has thought proper to accept. The noble lord protests, while doing so, that if the House could have only heard before the late division the explanations given by his ex-colleague last even ing, it would have come to an entirely different conclusion. If so—why not have tried it ? If so —why accept the resignation when tendered, why not fight it out, why not stand by your ill treated colleague ? Why ? Simply because Public Opinion is against Mr. LOWE as President of the Educational Board, far more than the Opposition is against him. Meanwhile, in the matter of the resignation just now of the Under-Secretary of State, Mr. CHICHESTER FORTESQI7E —that has been consequent, no doubt, upon tne very hard pressure brought to bear against the Government by the Opposition, nay, indirectly by the right hon. gentle man the leader of the Opposition—but it is at the same time a concession resulting from the Mini sters' own violation of the rules of the House of Commons, those sacred rules that are part and par cel of our Constitution—not a concession resulting from the fctiousness of the Opposition. But, while it is precisely as we have said in all these instances —the incidents referred to are at the same time point blank indications of blundering and weakness on the part of the Government. There are few more distressing accidents that occur in domestic life than those which ensue from poisonous mixtures being taken by mistake. The shock which such a calamity must cause to the relatives must be great indeed, and it is quite time that some very stringent measures be adopted to ensure more care and caution on the part of che mists and their assistants. Ilre are constantly hearing and reading of such cases, and it seems truly lamentable that all this suffering and sorrow should accrue from what must be called, looked at what way we will, most culpable negligence on the part of those who make up the prescriptions. Lately there has occurred at Liverpool a most dis tressing instance of this kind. Mr. LINGARD, a tradesman in that city, had been suffering fre- cold in his eye, and having received a 7.escription from a doctor he sent it to a cher. • —ist's to be made up. A part of the medici.-,,e was all powder, and after taking this th 'i. deceased expired in great agony, and a P;dared as if he had been poisoned. This was ** .ne fact, and Dr. EDWARDS the anal lice' , chemist, deposed that there had been sufficient strychnine to cause death. It was attempted to be shown that great care was employed in the establishment where the poison was given by mis take to prevent accidents by keeping the bottles that contained any poisonous and dangerous con tents on different shelves and using coloured bottles. However, it afterwards transpired that this powder in question, " James's Powder," which had been prescribed by Dr. NOTTINGHAM, was on the same shelf as the strychnine bottle. This is of itself sufficient to prove that great negligence is displayed by those who have the care of these dangerous compounds and made up medicines. This is no isolated case, it is one that is constantly occurring, and no warnings seem to produce impression enough to contribute to salutary reform. The jury, in this instance, have returned a verdict of manslaughter, and it is to be hoped that the stringent course they have adopted will be a warning to all in similar positions of trust and responsibility. Also the jury made a presentment to the effect " that there might ba a better arrangement of the bottles than that at present adopted by CLAY and ABRA HAM." This recommendation applies to all those whose establishments furnish examples of heedless ness in this important branch of their department. It would seem strange, at first eight, that risk to themselves and great danger to others should be in curred by chemists and their assistants, rather than employ a needful caution and exercise a due vigi lance. When a little consideration has been given to the subject, however, it will be found that pretty much the same occurs in all classes and ranks, and throughout all the various departments of business. Use and custom make all things familiar, and the assistant who at first may be nervous at the task of managing the details of a business which makes him dispense and deal with deadly prisons will soon become accustomed to the thing, and be quite at his ease in arranging the matters which are to others concerns of grievous anxiety. When we remember, however, that life and death hang in the balance, and that the happi ness or misery of many families may depend upon his exercising a due amount of caution, it is a matter of regret that so much haste is used, and so much carelessness allowed in the dispensation of medicines. Some years since a lady sent to a chemist for a black draught for her child, and one assistant called out to another for it. In the confusion of the moment the second thought he asked for " black drop," and accordingly gave that. The first one put the wrong label on the deadly mixture, and the result of course was fatal. This constant recurrence of fearful calamities seems to point out that more should be done than has ever yet been attempted to ensure the proper exercise of care and caution. Ir surely cannot be so impossible to make rules and regulations to guard against the fatal blunders that are constantly being made; and if some attention Was paid to this most important question by the .da a authorities, it would be the means of ensuring afar greater amount of attention on the part of the heads of establishments. They should be more particular in their choice of assistants, and not retain in their service those who are guilty of negligence or careless habits. Until all those concerned in the making up and dispensing of medicines will adopt some new system of management, and rigidly enforce obe dience from all their employes, it is ;idle to expect that any great or permanent benefit will be gained, or any sure protection afforded to those whose lives are at the mercy of a moment's want of thought. Nothing can be worse than the manner in which things are now managed in many chemist's establishments; and, sad as it is for the individual concerned in this painful matter at Liverpool, it is to be trusted that this last fatal evidence of the effects of heedlessness will prove a warning to those who are concerned in similar avocations. The authorities, also, should endeavour to do something in the way of enactment, in order to prevent as much as possible the likelihood of a similar calamity occurring. No one oan say that there has not been ample cause given for the introduction of a remedy o guard against the danger and distress of the pre sent system. The London Conference, (From the Times Vienna Correspondent) VIENNA, April 16. In the sitting held by the German Diet on the 13th inst., the following matters were satisfactorily dis posed of :-1. The members of the Ehgerer Rath (Smaller Council) unanimously resolved to send a delegate to the London Conference. 2. Baron von Bengt, the Saxon Minister President, was elected, by 14 "voices" out of 16, to represent the Ger manic Confederation. The minority of two was formed by Bavaria and Brunswick. 3. The mo tion of the Bavarian Minister von der Pfordteu —the originator of the complicated and unedifying Schleswig-Holstien question—that Baron Beust should be specially charged to uphold the claims of the Duke of Augustenburg, was rejected by a majority of 14, which deems it advisable to give none but general instructions to the representative of the Bund. M. von Beust goes pro forma to Frankfort, and on his arrival there he will be told by his constituents to uphold the rights of the Duchies, and to claim for them administrative independence. Not long since I had an interview with a German statesman of high rep'ite, and he expressed to me his conviction that ultimately " Earl Russell's idea" will be adopted by all the mediating Powers. On my inquiring what he meant, my interlocutor produced a map of Den mark, and traced with hie forefinger an imaginary line from Kiel to Husum. After a slight pause he drew another line from Eckenforde to Schleswig and Husutn, and then one from Flensburg to Ton darn. "If the Prussians," said he, "get pos session of the fortifications at Dybbol, we shall lay claim to the line from Eekernforde to Husum, and if tbey take the Island of Alsen, it is not unlikely that we shall want to include Plensburg in the Federal territory." To my remark, that the Germans were in a minority in almost all the places and districts to the north of Schleswig, no reply was given, The French Government ie sail to have relinquished the idea of proposing to the Powers to introduce the plebiscite into the Duchies; and if such should prove to be the case a great weight will be taken off the mind of M. von Schmerling. If the Galician Poles were asked whether they should better like to be the subjects of an independent King of Poland than to remain under the sceptre of the Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria, they would hardly fail to reply that they should prefer being ruled over by a monarch of their own choosing, For . obvious reasons such matters are rarely touched on by writers for the Austrian press, but ooe of them to day observes that none of the German Sovereigns can possibly feel admiration " for an institution which is of ultra-democratic origin." Baron von Biegeleben, the second representative of Austria in the Conference, went to Berlin last night ; and it is understood that he and M. von Balan, the second representative of Prussia, will leave together for London in the evening of Monday, th t It was at first p ro p ose d t h at t h e r send two delegates t o the ., f- :jerman Diet should it was resolvedsta te ' 18th inst. eeinference, but ultimately iet Baron Bonet, who thoroughly und " to I - -endon alone. ee the merits of the question at issue, go At 1 o'clock on Thursday last the Emperor of Mexico received two depatations at Miramar, and an hour later he and the Empress Charlotte went on board the -Navara, When their majesties had ascended the side of the vessel which was to convey them to their new empire the guns of the Bellona fired a salute, and immediately afterwards the sig nal for departure was given. As his Majesty stood on deck he looked wistfully at his Castle of Mira mar, and the eyes of his talented and amiable, but very ambitious, consnrt were long turned in the same direction. A few minutes before the Emperor Maximilian quitted his native country he, by means of the electric telegraph, bade farewell to the inha bitants of this city. The Novara was accompanied by the Imperial yacht Fantasia, by the French frigate Tnemis, and by six large steamers belonging to the Austrian Loyd Company. The Viennese knew very little of the Archduke Ferdinand Maxi- milieu, as he generally lived in the southern part of the empire, but their are a kindhearted people, and doubtless have mentally wished him and his consort " God speed." Tne Austro-Mexican Body-guards are to be attired in buckskins and 'jack-boots, scarlet coats with silver cords and epaulets, and silver helmets. The Imperial adjutants will wear green co a t s w i th silver cords and epau l e t s , an d a plumed hat. B e f ore h e l eft Trieste, t h e new Ern- peror gavo the Mexican order of Guadaloupe to several persons who had displayed a kindly feeling towards nim and been active in his service. The Austrians are very wrot h that such great attention is paid to Garibaldi in London, but the writers in the official papers put a good face on the matter, and express a hope that a damp climate and strong wines will produce no bad effect on the health of the hero of Aspromonte. It is here firmly believed that the French Govern ment will try to pers ua d e t h e me mbers of the Lon don Conference to exp ress th e ir op inions in respect to Poland, The weather is unusually oold, and the trees are still leafless. This morning the mercury in Beau mur's thermometer was but one degree above the leezing point. SIX PERSONS DROWNED.—The Inverness Courier reports a painful occurrence which happened a few days ago, near one of th e C o i g l ac h Summer I s les. Two fishing boats, each containing s i x p ersons, l e ft Sooraig, Little Lochbroom, t o fetch se ware, f or manuring purpos es ) from the adjoining islands. The water was found to be high, with little ware within reach, and one of the boats returned home. The other remained till the tide would recede, but it is believed that it foundered, and that the crew was drowned. A day or two afterwards portions of the missing boat were found on one of the smallest islands of the group. LIFEBOAT SOUTIIWOLD, SUFFOLK, Monday Night.—At about 10 a.m. on Saturday two of the fishing boats were observed to be making for the shore, upon which a heavy surf was beating. The wind was blowing very strong from S.S.E,, and there was a heavy sea running on the shoal. Finding it impossible that the boats could land, the Southwold lifeboat of the National Institution was at once launched, and was fortunately suc cessful in bringing the two fishing boats and their crews safely ashore at about 12 a.m. The lifeboat behaved ex tremely well on this occasion. JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES.---Lord Redesdale has laid before the House of Lords a bill to enable joint• stock compan'es carrying on business on board to have an °facial seal to be usc in a foreign country by an agent ap pointed for the purpose. Mr a Griffith's Bill before the House of Commons proposes to provide that when a poll is demanded at a joint-stock company's meeting a voting paper shall be sent to every shareholder, and time allowed (at least six days) for him to depute some other shareholder to deliver the voting paper at the poll. DESPATCH OF THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, April 18,—The Royal Mail Oompany's steamship Atrato, Capt. Woolley, sailed hence to-day, at 3 p.m., with the mails for the British and foreign West Indies, the Pacific, California, Central Ame rica, &o. Amongst the passengers are Chief Justice Sharpe, Capt. Wise, Lieutenant Cooper, Surgeon M`Damott, for Barbadoes. SPAI Ni MADRID, APRIL 18 (Evening). The Opposition journals strongly support the proposal of Senor Salaverria to negotiate the bonds given by the purchasers of national property. The Government denies having had any idea of appointing General Lereundi Captain General of Santo Domingo, and at present intendi to maintain General Gandara in that post. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, Arm', 19, The Hamburg and Amerioan Company's steamer Germania, from New York on the sth inst., has arrived off Netley Hospital. She is awaiting orders before proceeding to Hamburg, in consequence of Danish ships being off the mouth of the Weser. She brings 35 bags of mails, 35 passengers for Southampton, and 71 for Hamburg. No specie. On the sth she spoke the Bremen ships Colum bia and Victoria, and an English ship showing the third D.P. 9,460; on the 14th inst,, the English bark Glentill, and on the 16th the English bark Quebec. Her news has been anticipated, FRANCE. BOURSE, April 18.—The Emperor's letter pub lished by the Moniteur, and the announcement of the reduction to be made in the registration dues, have produced a very great effect, and prices have agein made an immense stride upwards. Threes, for the Account, after having been done at 68tr., are now firm at 67fr. 65c. Mobilier have advaneed to 1,295 f. The Railway Market has been similarly acted on, and most of the lines are quoted higher. The quotations closed as fol lows : 41 per Cents. 94 Do. end 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 55 Credit Mobilier 1270 -- Do. end month 1280 Bank Shares 3300 Credit 1~ oneier 1320 Roman Italian Loan 7O Do. end month 69 40 New ditto ...... Do. end month — Russian Austrian Spanish Threes — Home Doht .. 49 75 Deferred „ 1114 iy IVAY+3. Cash. Account. Orleans 9OO 902 50 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean N ew ditto Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa..., Ditto to Barcelona .... 955 - .. 965 -- 902 50 .. - 690 - .. 685 - 500 - 505 - 485 - - - 375 - .. 375 - 422 BO .. 427 50 562 50 .. 567 50 500 - .. 505 - .. 587 50 280 - .„ - Railway and Public Companies in Parliament, The committee on the proposed new Metropolitan Rail ways met the first time yesterday, Lord Stanley in the chair, the other members being Mr. Ingham, Lord Athlumney, Mr. Cobbett, and Mr. J. Hardy. There was a great array of counsel, Parliamentary agents, end other professional gentlemen employed. The bills before the committee were 23 in number. The chairman said the committee would first take into consideration the Great Northern (No. 1, Barnet Branch), and London, Chatham, and Dover (No. 1), and afterwards in their order of rotation the London, Brighton, and South Coast new lines (Battersea) ; Metropolitan Railway (additional powers) , and London, Chatham, and Dover Railway (No. 2, new lines). It would be for the convenience of all parties that this announce ment should be made, as the inquiry into these cases would no doubt occupy all the week. Counsel appearing for the promoters of the Great Northern bill were Mr. Denison, Q.C., and Mr. Davison; for the Regent's Canal Company, in opposition, Mr. R. Gurney, the Recorder, and Mr. Hope Scott, Q.O ; for the Metropolitan Railway Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., Mr. V. Harcourt, and Mr. Holway ; for the London, Chatham, and Dover Mr. Burke, Q.C., Mr. Round, and Mr. Somerset; for the Midland Railway Sir W. Alexander, Mr. Hope Scott, and Mr. Venable& There was also a petition against the bill from two shareholders, Messrs Archbutt and Pocock. Mr. Denison then at considerable length opened the case for the Great Northern Railway, stating that the principal objects of that company's appli. cation were to empower them to make a branch line of one mile 32 chains from the main line to Barnet, and an ap preach thereto to be completed in four years, to acquire land for station purposes to the westward of their goods station at King's-cross, to run over the Metropolitan Rail way between King's-cross and its Farringdon-streat Ter minus, to run over the London, Chatham, and Dover ben tween its junction with the Metropolitan Railway and the Crystal Palace at Sydenhaw, and the Victoria Station at Pimlico, and to agree with the London, Chatham, and Dover for the mutual use of their undertakings. The pro moters also sought power to confirm an agreement of Dec., 1660, between the Great Northern and Metropolitan Rail ways, for the use of working by the former company of their trains on the before mentioned portion of the Metro politan Railway, and for an option to the Great Northern to take on lease land for a warehouse at the east of the Metropolitan Railway at Clerkenwell. For these purposes it was proposed to raise a further sum of £200,000 by new ordinary and preference sheres, and £66,000 by loan. The opposition of the Regent's Canal Company was to the con struction of a proposed bridge over their canal, and that of other interests might be made subject matter of mutual accommodation and clauses. Mr. Seymour Clarke, general manager of the Great Northern Railway, was under ex amination until the committee rose. In Mr. Scholefield's committee the case for the Chertsey Extension of the Lon don and South Western Railway was concluded, and that for the proposed Staines, Egham, and Woking Junetion Railway opened by Mr. Phinn, Q.C. The Perth Extension of the North British Railway still progresses in Mr. Has sard's committee,who are bearing the opposing parties. The miscellaneous bills proceeding in other committees are the Liverpool and London Fire and Life Insurance and Globe Insurance Companies ; the Nottingham Gas and Belfast Improvement. In the committee of which Lord Wodehouse is chairman, Mr. Hawkshaw, C.E„ and other witnesses were examined in opposition to the proposed Bute Docks at Cardiff, and the case of the West London :Docks and Ware houses Bill was opened by Mr. Burke, Q.C., in Earl Cath cart's committee, The object of the bill is to change the name of the undertaking to that of the Railways Junction Warehouses and Canal Company, to take additional lands, to lay down tramways, and connect them with the London and Brighton Railway at Battersea, to make working agree ments with that company and the London and North- Western, Great Western, and London, Chatham, and Dover Companies, to raise in addition to their authorised share capital of £130,000, a further sum of £40,000, and to bor- row £130,000. Sir C. Fox, the engineer, was the chief witness examined. Liverpool Cotton Market —This Day, Market firm. Sales about 6,000. Imports, 12,141. Previously, 83,977. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] THE PRUSSIAN LOSS IN THE ASSAULT UPON DUPPEL. GRAVENSTEIN, APRIL 19 (Morning). The Prussian loss in killed and wounded in yes terday's assault upon Duppel, amounts to 2 generals, 60 officers, and 600 privates. The Prussians captured 83 cannon and many Dan ebrags. AUSTRIA, VIENNA, APRIL 18 The Emperor of Austria has adjourned the Inter national Exhibition, which was to have taken place in 1866 at Vienna. The reasons given for this step are, firstly, b2cause the political state of affairs in every quarter has prevented industrial develop• meet; secondly, because Austria is in a transitory state, as regards her general commercial policy, and in her position towards tha Zallverein ; and, lastly, on account of the International Exhibition in Paris, which is to be held about the same time. ROME. APRIL 18 (Evening). The Emperor of Mexico has arrived here. His reception was brilliant. An immense crowd was assembled at the railway station. The French re gimental bands performed as he passed through the streets. The Emperor is staying at the Palais Mares chotti, Resolutions appointing the Duke of Sutherland chairman, Charles Seely, Esq„ M,P., deputy chairman, and the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P., treasurer of the fund, were then agreed ta. A working committee, to carry the above resolu tions into effect was then appointed, consisting of the chairman, deputy-chairman, the treasurer, the Earl of Shaftesbury, Samuel Morley, Esq., R. Dal gleish, Esq , M.P., and W. Gore Langton, Esq., M.P„ with power to add to their tamber. The followi-ig subscriptions were announced : F. Howard, Esq. Hon. A. Kinnaird 5O 0 0 W. Leaf Leverson, Esq. G. Langton, M.P. Samuel Morley Sir M. Peto D. Robertson, Etti., of Lady Kirk Duke of Sutherland Duchess of Sutherland 52 0 0 Lord Shaftesbury .. 20 0 0 Mr. C. Bazin 2 0 0 Mrs. Baziti Crossley, Brothers . 2OO 0 0 Dunlop, M.P. Mrs. Dunlop R. atlgleisto, Etq. W. F. Foster Sir F. 9oldschmid Lord Harrowby J. Howard, Esq. C. Seely, Esq. Mrs. Seeley Some other minor sums having been handed in the proceedings terminated. GARIBALDI'S HEALTH. -. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. have seen the letter of Dr. Ferguson to the limes of to-day concerning General Geri health. in which he states that it would be unsafe for his health to fulfil the engage ments he has undertaken to visit certain pro vinciil towns. I feel bound, as the physician in re. gular attendance upon the General, to affirm that his health is perfectly satisfactory, and that his wound, since four or five months cicatrised, no longer requires surgical care. I make this statement with greater confidence, inasmuch as it was cocfirmed on the occasion of his first con sultatioa by Dr. Ferguson himself, and still more recently by Dr. Partridge, I am firmly convinced thrit the General is able to undergo the journey without danger which he proposed to undertake. Dr. G. BASILE, Chirnrgo del Generale Garibaldi. Departure of Garibaldi from England, We believe we can state positively that General Garibaldi will leave Eagland on Friday next in the Duke of Sutherland's yacht for Caprera. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. „. „,,,,-----, . ,„ t s ! . l trliTi ~” Dt N l, ~ Ora a il. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Monday. The Quceu, accompanied by her Royal Higba es° the Princess Helena, drove in the grounds of the Castle this morning. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, attended by Lieutenant Haig, rode on horseback. His Majesty the King of the Belgians, atte nded by General Count de Moerkerke, went to Clare mont, and visited the Queen Marie Amelia. Earl Russ li had an audience of the Queen. Baron de Catto, Bavarian Minister, was Pr e "; seated to the Queen, at an audience, by Russell. M. de Bille, Danish Minister; M. Quaade, 50a M. Krieger, were also presented, at an audience, by Earl Russell. The King of the Belgians. The King of the Belgians, who is at presot as Windsor, will take leave of her Majesty and th royal family to-dAy, and will proceed to Dover on his return to Brussels. His Majesty will travel by a special train 1 31 ; * vided by the South-E as t ern R a il wa y CorcpanYt will arrive at Waterloo at 3.40. Then the jourso will be continued by means of the Chariowcross . line on the South-E as t ern a t L o ndon -bridge, and Dover will be reached at a quarter to six. The King will sleep at the L rd Walden and will proceed to Ostend on Wednesday morning' • HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE Tt understood that Prince Alfred is about to proceed on a t °11 " or cruise of several months' duration. He is to leave f°r Germany on the 26th, and, after paying some visits there, will proceed to the Mediterranean, where he will cruise O r about three months. _ _ Proposed Purchase of a Permanent Income for Garibaldi, MEETING THIS DAY. A meeting of a few friends of General Garibaldi was held this morning at Stafford House, for the purpose of considering the propriety of presenting General Garibaldi with a substantial testimonial of the approval of his friends in England. Amongst those present were the Duke of Sutherland, the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Earl of liarrowby, Lord Taunton, Sir F. Goldsmidt, C. Seely, Esq., MY.; D. Robertson, of Lady kirk, M.P.; G. Moore, Esq.; W. Gore Langton, Esq., M.P. ; A. W. Dunlop, Esq., M.P.; R. Dilglish, E!q., M.P.; the Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P. ; Sir Morto❑ Peto, Bart., M.P. ; W. E. Foster, Es., M.P. ; Howard, Esq., Mayor of Bedford ; Alderman Meehi; Irving Hare, After a few urelimin4ry observations from some of the noblemen present, The Dail of SHAF•TESBURY moved the fallowing resolution : " That this meeting is of opinion that General Garibaldi ought not to be allow, d to leave England without some substantial token of the profound admiration felt by all classes throughout the United Kingdom for his unselfish patriotism and disinterested services in the cause of freedom." Mr,C. SEELEY seconded the resolution, which, on being put by the chairman, was carried unani• mously. Lord HARROWBY then moved the next resolution, namely, " That a fund be raised for the purpose of procuring a permanent income to General Garibaldi and to his family afer him." Mr. W. E. FOSTER, M.P., seconded the resolu tion, which, like the former, was carried unani mously. HOUSE OF COMMONS, APRIL 18. PENAL SERVITUDE ACTS AMENDMENT BILL, [ln the Committee.] —Clause 4.—Amendment proposed, "at the end of the clause, to add the words if any holder of a licence granted under the said Penal Servitude Acts, or any of them, who shall be at large in the United King dom, shall fail to report himself to the chief police station of the borough or district where he shall be on his arrival therein, and subsequently on the first day of each month, or shall change his locality without having previciisly notified the same to the police station to which he last reported himself, he shall be deemed gszilty of a misde meanour, and may be summarily convicted thereof, and his licence shall be forthwith forfeited by virtue of such conviction,'" Question put, "That those words be there added." The Committee divided—Ayes, 148; Noes, 120. AYES —l4B. Adderley, C. B. Gard, R. S. O'Brien, Sir P. Angerstein, W. Gaskell, J. M. O'Conor Don, The Annesley, Col. H. Goddard, A. L. O'Logillen, Sir C. Archdall, Capt.3l,E. Gore, J. R. 0. O'Reilly, at. W. Astell, J. H. Greene, J. Paget, C. Ayrton, A. S. Grogan, Sir E. Pakington, Sir J. S. Bar ttelot, Col. Hamilton, Lord C. Parker, Major W. Beecroft, G. S. Hardy, Gathorne Pollard Urquhart W Bentinck, G. W. P. Hardy, J. Powell, F. S. Bentinck, G. C. Hartopp, E. B. Repton, G. W. J. Blake, J. A. Hassard, M. D. Ridley, Sir M. W. Bovill, Wm. Bay, Sir J Rowley, Hon. R. T. Bramston, T. W. Heathcote, Sir W. Sclater-Booth, G, Bremridge, R. Beathcot., G. H. Scott, Lord H. Bridges, Sir B. Henuerson, J. Selwyn, C. J. Brooks, R. Henley, Lord Seymour, Danby Browne, Lord J. T. Hennessy, J. P. Shelley, Sir J. V. Bruce, C. L. C. Holford, R. S. Sheridan, R. B. Bruce, Sir H. Hornby, W. H. Smith, Augustus Bruen, Henry Ho. Ball', T. B. Smith, S. G. Burghley, Lord Hume, W. Smollett, P. Burrell, Sir P. hlumphery, W. Somes, Joseph Cargill. W. Kekewich, S. Stacpoole, W. Cartwright, Col. Kendall, N. . Stanhope, J. B. Cave, S. Kerrison, Sir E. Stewart, Sir M. R. Chapman, J. Knatchbull, W. Stronge, J. M. Cogan, W. H. Knightley, R. Sullivan, M. Cole, Hon. H. Laird, J. Surtees, H. E. Cole, J. L. Langton, W. G. Talbot, Hon. W. C. Corry, H. L. Langton, W. H. G. Tollemache, J. H. Dick,son, Col. Lefroy, A. Torrens, R. Dillwyn, Lewis L. Legh, W. J. Tottenham,Lt.-Col. Disraeli, Benjamin Liddell, Hon. H. G. Trefusis, Hon. C. H. Du Cane, C. Lovaine, Lord Turner, J. A. Duncombe, W. B. Lygon, Hon. F. Turner, C. Dunne, Col. Maguire, J. F. Vandeleur, Col. Edwards, Col. Nalins, R. Waldron, L. Egerton, Sir P. Manners , Lord J. Wal pole , 5 . H. Egerton, E. C. Marsh, M. H. Walsh, Sir J. B. Elphinstone, Sir J. Mitiord, W. T. Waterhous e , S. Estcourt, S. Montgt;_mery, Sir G. Watlington, J. Ewart, William Moo., H. Whiteside, J. Ewart, J. C. Morgan, C. O. S. Winnington, Sir T. Deane, Col. Morris, D. Wynn, C. W. W. Farquhar, Sir M. Morritt, W. Wyvill, M. Farrer, J. Mowbray, Rt. Hn. J. lor ke, J. R. Finch, C. W. Mundy, William Fitzgerald, W. S. Naas, Lord Fleming, 'l. W. Noel, G. J. Gallwey, Sir W. P. North, Col. Hunt, G. W. Galway, Viscount Northcote, Sir S. H. Black, Adam TELLERS. NOES —l2O. Adair, 11. E. Floyer. J. Palmer, Sir R. Agar-Ellis, Hon. L. Foster, W. 0. Palmerston, Visct. Anson, Major Gibson, T. M. Patten, Col. W. Bagwell, J. Gilpin, C. Peacocke, G. M. Baring, Thos. Geo. Glyn, G. G. Pease, 11. Barnes, T. G'oldsmid, Sir F. Peel, Sir R. Barrow, W. H. Goschen, G. J. Peel, F. Bathurst, A. A. Grey, Sir G. Pennant, Col. Beaumont,Somerset Grosvenor, Earl Pilkington, James Berkeley, C. P. 1. Handley, J. Powell, J. Bright, J. Hankey, Thorns= Pryse, Capt. E. L. Buchanan, W. Hayrer, :,-,ir W. Pritchard, John Buller, J. W. Headlam, Thos. E. Proby, Lord G. L. Burke, Sir T. J. Henley, J. Pugh, D. Bury, Viscount Herbert, H. A. Ramsden, Sir J. W. Butler, C. S. Bibbert, J. T. Ricardo, 0. Butt, Isaac Hodgkinson, G. Robartes, T. J. A. Cardwell, Rt. Hn. E. Hutt, W. Robertsou, D. Carnegie,Hn. C. Ingham, R. Russell, A. J. E. Castlerosse, Vist. Johnstone, Sir J. Russell, F. W. Cholmeley, Sir M. King, Hon. I'. St. Aubyn, J. Clay, James Kinglake, A. W. Salomons,Aidermaz Clifton, Sir R. Kinglake, Serj. J. Seely, C. Clive, George Kingscote, Col. Smith, Abel Cobbett, J. M. Kuatchbull-Hugess Stuart, Col. Collier, Sir R. P. Layard, A. H. Thornhill, W. P. Colthurst, Sir G. Lawson, W. Tracy, Hon. C. Cowper, Hon. W.F. Lefevre, G. J. S. Villiers, Rt. Hon. C. Cox, W. Lewis, Harvey Vyner, Reginald Crawford, R. W. Locke, J o h n Walter, John Dalglish, Robert Mainwaring, T. Whitbread, S. Davey, it. . Martin, P. W. White , Jas. Denman, G. Marti n , J . White, L. Dent, John Dent Miller, T. Williams, W. Duff, R. - Mills, J. R. Wood, Sir 0. Enfield, Viscount Moffatt Georgre Woods, Henry EVILIIS, T. W. Neate, C. Wyld, James Itwing, 11. K C. North, P. Wyndham, Hon. P. renwick, Henry Padmore, R. . TELLER:i. Feuwick, E. AL Paget, Lord A. Brand, H. B. firtlaY, A. s'. Paget, Lord G. E. Dunbar, Sir Wm. The Princesses Helena and Louise came to Lon" don last evening, attended by Lady Caroline B ar ringte ll ; and were present at th e Philh armon i c C once rts. r i lel Royal Highnesses afterwards r e tur ne d t o Windsor by 3, Great Western Railway. His Royal Highness the Field-Marshal CO" manding-in- Chief will hold a levee at one o'clock on Fri dll/ next, The Duke of Newcastle is considerably imPr° v ‘ in health. Yesterday hi s grace was a bl e t o t a k e a carri a g e airing for nearly two hours. The Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland will leav e Stafford House, St. James's, to-day, for Chiswick Reus e. , The Marchioness of Abercorn, a c c ompanied bY Lord Claud and Lady G eorg i ana H am ilt on , i s ex pected ° , arrive at Chesterfield House to-day fron Paris, where her ladyship and family arr i ve d a t t h e c l ose o f t h e past we ek from Nice. The Earl and Countess of Yarborough are e r petted to arrive at their mansion in Arlington-street 911_ Monday next from Brockleaby•pa r k, Li nco l ns hi r e, for season. The Earl and Countess of Zetland have Too arrangements to arrive in town for the season to -day Aske Hall, Yorkshire. The Earl and Countess of Wilton have gone °II a visit to the Earl and Countess Craven at Coombe Abb e y' near Coventry, for a few days. The Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor 158 1 town to-day to pass a week with the Duchess (Dowager) Sutherland at Chiswick, after which they take 111, thetr abode for the season at their residence at Prince's-gate . Ile Earl of .Radnor is not so well as his lerg e d circle of friends would wish. His increasing age begi ls t tell upon a'well regulated life and vigorous constitution . DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF PETRiimiItoUGI L-' The Bishop of Peterborough died yesterday after' noon, between 3 and 4 o'clock, at th e P a l ace , P e terboroug h ' The last hours of the venerable prelate were peaceful in t l l extreme. He was wracked by n o v i o l en t p a i ns , but d ie ' quietly and almost with a struggle. Though the illne ss which proved fatal to the bishop was somewhat sudden, h; great ago, 84, and his increasing infirmities, had prepare the public mind for his decease. G e or g e D av y s , Bishop f Peterborough, graduated Christ's College, Cambridge, 10th wrangler,and became a fellow. He subsequ , ntly beoaw" curate of Littlebury; iu 181-1 of Chesterfield; this latter cured he held until Dr. Bromfield, the late Bishfp of London' was presented to that living, when Mr. Davys Wa x° curate of Swaffhant Prior; he afterwards removed to sington, and was appointed tutor to the Princess Victori a ' Ha was advanced to the sea of Peterborough in 16 59 ' In theology the deceased prelate belonged to the evil' gelical section of the Church. Ho took no part, hoc' ever, in theological controversy, and was liberal towards all religious creeds. Of late years hie lordship sel dom occupied his seat in the House of Lords ; and in fact, his ambition ttirough life was rather to be good than great. In the affectionate regard of his former pupil, our present gracious Queen, the Bishop of Peterborough hold a high place. For man y y ears p ortra it s o f th e royal family were annually sent to the bishop, and costly tokens of her Majesty's grateful affection were frequently bestowed upon him. Throughout his aiocese his late bishop was universally loved and respected, and his loss will be deeply regretted. THE PRINCESS'S THEATRE. DONNA DIANA. Mr. Westland Marston's admirable play, st Done! Diana," has again taken its place in the bills of 0 1 ° theatre, the non•appearance of which, even for the short time that has elapsed since its , per formance, we cannot but look upon as a manager ial mistake. Amidst the universal approbation of t he press and the public thi s play wa s suddenly vvl tb• drawn from representation; but whatever reason may have led to that step, R e can only say we re gretted its occurrence, and have now to ex preo g our gratification at its reproduction—not its " r e. vival." The parts of Donna Diana and Don CV° were again sustained by Mr. and Mrs. Herman ° Vezin, and it is only necessary to say that both these accomplished artistes embodied their rupee' tive characters in a manner that left nothing to b e • desired, and which gave the utmost gratification r e the audience. Mr. George Vining also sustained his original part of Perin in his best style, and 1 1 O ° Rebecca Powell resumed her part of the bewitching little waiting woman on the imperious Donn e Diana. At the fait of the curtain the applause 'ivi tS immense, and in compliance with the unaniu 3 o o call of the house, it was again raised, in order Wi t the principal performers might publicly ack[l ols ' ledge the applause their exertions had elicited' The house was very fully and fashionably attended' ROYAL LITERARY FUND, TO THE ED,TOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I am directed by the committee of the Royal Literary Fund to inform you that the paragraph which ap pears in this day's Athenaeum, stating that the Prince Of \Vales will not preside at the annual dinner of the secrets in May, is incorrect. The error has arisen from an inadvertency in wilding fc' t insertion an old advertisement of the anniversary of Isst year, instead of the advertisement prepared fur the ensuing celebration. No alteration whatever has taken place in t il h d arrangements for the dinner on the 18th of May, at wb ie 'y his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will preside.--' am Sir, your obedient servant, OCTAVIAN BLEWIT2:;., 4, Adelphi-terrace, April 16, 1864. THE MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A LIVERTO OD SuitGEoN.--The prisoners Price and Scott were ag ar brought befere Mr. R.ftles, the Liverpool stipendia ry magistrate, yesterday. It was stated that Dr. li°`",' although much better, was still unable to attend the Co ur " Dr. Rowe's constitution has apparently been seriously shattered, and his recovery must be a matter of time. application to admit the prisoners to bail was refused. ACCID.ENTAL POISONINGS. The Liverp ool borough coroner sat pester thy - for the purpose of al" cepting bail for Mr Richard Poole (assistant to Mess's. Clay and Abraham, pharmaceutical chymists), jury on Saturday returned a verdict of manslaughter. Pi had caused the death of Mr John Lingard, a LivetP ee tradesman, by making up a prescripti o n w ith strichnien , stead of James's powder. The coroner exhibited a num ber of bottles (I'honger's patent), which had been forwarded to him that morning, the object of the patent bottle being' t ° prevent accidental poisoning. The battle, or rather its label' the coroner said had been approved by Dr. Lankesie r ' whose opinion he concurred. Th e or di nar y dispensing isbe is suriounded by sandpaper, and a portion of the bo ttle covered by the same material, which being felt by the dis penser or patent in handling the bottle at once shows th at it contains some dangerous preparation. At the inquest en Saturday Mr. Bird, a Liverpool chy mist, exhibited his saletYl poison bottles and corks to the jury and to the ln edi n, witnesses who had given evidence in the case. Mr. Bir d '" contrivance would seem to be still more effective than that of Mr Thouger. It consists of a stopper or cork having. sharp, angular points, which cannot be removed without in. dieting considerable pain upon the hand, unless the dis penser puts down both the dispensing glass and the tutdi eine bottle. By this contrivance any one using the bottle would be so distinctly reminded that it cunt .ined poison that a mistake could not occur even in the dark. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, MY PRESERVER. After which, the Pa'cony Scene from ROMEO AND JULIET. Ail ses Swanborough and Wilton. Followed by the Fifth Act of MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Concluding with the Great Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton ; Mes dames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &o. Commence at 7.